DOT backs original Hwy 10 extension route
A draft environmental impact report from the Iowa DOT endorses the original Highway 100 extension route in Linn County as the best balance of socioeconomic and natural impacts. The plan, a northwest Cedar Rapids bypass from Edgewood Road to Highway 30, would ease I 380 congestion and open new development areas. The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce praised the report urging letters of support. The DOT will continue coordinating design and habitat mitigation with Linn County Conservation Board.
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Winter Weather Outlook Promises Bitter Week Ahead
The KCRG-TVS Weather Lab calls for a cold week with highs from 14 to 18 and lows between minus 9 and 5. Wind chills around 5 to 10 mph will feel markedly colder. Weekend highs dip to 5 and 7 with subzero nights, prompting a playful “brrracing” greeting.
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Weather Types and Winter Storm Warnings Explained
The text defines sleet freezing into ice pellets and freezing rain forming a glaze. It explains winter storm watch versus warning conditions and clarifies frost versus ice formation. It notes white ice builds windward with a feathery texture and potential hazards to planes trees and wires.
Iowa Snowfall Facts and Historic Boulder Use
Iowa averages around 28 inches of snowfall annually. Lephe Wells Coates coined the word blizzard after reading about Mr Blizzard. The record single day snowfall in Iowa is 24 inches, recorded on April 20, 918 in Lenox. In 1891 a glacial boulder found in Black Hawk County was used to build the Boulder Church in Waterloo.
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Iowa
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Waterloo
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Culver to push $1 cigarette tax to fund health plan
Gov. Chet Culver vows a $1 per pack cigarette tax hike to finance a $140 million health care expansion. He also seeks a $70 million one time teacher pay raise, detailing the budget before the Iowa Legislature. The plan targets public smoking and education funding.
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Cedar Rapids
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Culver
Iowa
Law enforcement expands instant alert program to include more industries
Iowa officials seek hotel banking and finance workers to join a new instant alert system that will text threats and important information to cell phones. Rich Greenlee lauds the fusion center effort as a major step in rapid, broad distribution beyond law enforcement.
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Gazette Independence
Rich Greenlee
Fusion
Iowa Law Enforcement Intelligence Network
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